Shall I puff with wind from a warrior’s breast.
Then, again, to glee feasts I the guests invite
Haughty heroes to the wine— other whiles shall I
With my shouting, save from foes what is stolen away,
Make the plundering scather flee. Ask what is my name!”
Riddle xv.
We do not say a word about the literary value and importance of Mr. Stopford Brooke’s great work; that is duly appraised elsewhere. ‘There is nothing like leather,’ and to us here all things present themselves as they may tell on education. Here is a very treasure-trove.
FOOTNOTES:
[13] “History of Early English Literature,” by Stopford A. Brooke, 2 vols. Macmillan & Co.